EU lifestyle news – Here is the chart showing the Top 10 happiest countries in the EU in 2025, as well as a report on the Top 7 causes of happiness in 2025, according to the World Happiness Report 2025.
Here are the Top 7 causes of happiness in 2025:
1 – Caring & Sharing
Benevolent acts and expected kindness both matter for individual happiness levels. Both helpers and recipients experience greater happiness from caring and sharing when they do so in the context of caring connections, choice, and clear positive impact.
On average, countries with high refugee shares are less happy, since refugee flows are more often based on location than invitations.
2 – Sharing meals with others
Sharing meals has a strong impact on subjective wellbeing – on par with the influence of income and unemployment. Those who share more meals with others report significantly higher levels of life satisfaction and positive affect, and lower levels of negative affect. This is true across ages, genders, countries, cultures, and regions. Countries where people share relatively more meals tend to display higher levels of social support and positive reciprocity, and lower levels of loneliness.
3 – Living with others
For most people in the world, family is a source of joy and support. In Mexico and Europe, a household size of four to five predicts the highest levels of happiness. Couples who live with at least one child, or couples who live with children and members of their extended family, have especially high average life satisfaction.
4 – Connecting with others
Social connections are vital for the wellbeing of young adults as they provide a buffer from the toxic effects of stress. Early social ties during young adulthood have long-lasting effects. For university students, friendships formed in the first few weeks of college increase the likelihood of flourishing and reduce the likelihood of developing depressive symptoms over the subsequent years.
5 – Supporting others
Increasing prosocial behavior (donating, volunteering, and helping strangers) is connected to decreasing deaths of despair around the world.
6 – Trusting others
Subjective experiences like life satisfaction and trust play a much greater role in shaping values and voting behavior than traditional ideologies or class struggle.
7 – Giving to others
The wellbeing cost-effectiveness of charities converts your money into greater happiness for others.